TEXAS A&M BASEBALL TAKES A DROP IN THE NEWEST USA TODAY COACHES POLL
Down goes number one. The Texas A&M (40-8, 16-8 SEC) baseball team struggled at the plate over the weekend causing them to drop their first SEC series loss since the opening week of league play. The defense was a little off and they did see a ball in the dirt they didn't want to swing at through the first two games.
However, they did avoid the sweep with a dominant win on Sunday beating LSU 14-4, and Chris Cortez threw one of his better games of the season. SEC road games are hard, and baseball can be a game of slumps at times. Jim Schlossnagle knows this and will have his team prepared for the next series once they complete their midweek game.
Here are the complete Week 12 rankings.
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 39-9 | 750 | 20 | 3 | +2 | 1/8 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 40-8 | 734 | 7 | 1 | -1 | 1/10 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 40-9 | 702 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 1/5 |
| 4 | Clemson | 36-10 | 685 | 0 | 4 | - | 2/11 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 35-10 | 651 | 1 | 8 | +3 | 5/NR |
| 6 | East Carolina | 37-9 | 631 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 5/16 |
| 7 | Florida State | 35-10 | 585 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6/NR |
| 8 | Oregon State | 35-12 | 531 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 2/10 |
| 9 | Duke | 32-14 | 501 | 0 | 9 | - | 6/14 |
| 10 | Virginia | 35-12 | 485 | 0 | 10 | - | 8/15 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 35-11 | 473 | 0 | 12 | +1 | 7/17 |
| 12 | Georgia | 35-12 | 376 | 0 | 18 | +6 | 12/NR |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 32-16 | 367 | 0 | 15 | +2 | 1/22 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 32-15 | 364 | 0 | 14 | - | 14/NR |
| 15 | Mississippi State | 32-16 | 317 | 0 | 21 | +6 | 15/NR |
| 16 | UC Irvine | 34-10 | 289 | 0 | 10 | -6 | 10/NR |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 29-17 | 223 | 0 | 23 | +6 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Indiana State | 34-10 | 208 | 0 | 22 | +4 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Arizona | 29-17 | 188 | 0 | 24 | +5 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Oklahoma State | 32-16 | 184 | 0 | 16 | -4 | 16/NR |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 26-18 | 125 | 0 | 20 | -1 | 14/NR |
| 22 | Troy | 34-15 | 104 | 0 | NR | +9 | 22/NR |
| 23 | UC Santa Barbara | 31-12 | 95 | 0 | NR | +4 | 18/NR |
| 24 | Oregon | 32-15 | 94 | 0 | NR | +2 | 18/NR |
| 25 | Alabama | 29-18 | 86 | 0 | 17 | -8 | 10/25 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 13 Vanderbilt; No. 19 Louisiana; No. 25 Dallas Baptist;
Others Receiving Votes
Louisiana 83; Vanderbilt 73; Dallas Baptist 54; Texas 40; UNCW 18; Coastal Carolina 12; Utah 11; Nebraska 11; Charleston 11; Louisiana Tech 8; San Diego 2; LSU 2; St. John's 1; Illinois 1;
Texas A&M will face Rice on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.
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